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Posted 4 months ago
passion4tr…
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This was given to me my a lady who said,"I was a real hippie in the 1960's. I did all the good and bad things that were happening in San Francisco. There is only one thing I regret and that is, painting my trunk. It look good back then, but not so much now."
She did not remember where she got the trunk. So that's where her story ends and a new one began when she gave me her trunk.
dimensions
L - 28" from outside hardware
H - 26" from floor to top of dome
W - 16" from outside hardware
Not sure of the age around 1890 any suggestions on how to fix this baby would be welcome.
TrunksAntique trunks, also called traveling chests, were originally used as lugga…
Lovely dome top trunk -- the silver paint is old enough to suit the trunk. A little bit of carefully placed paint stripper on the slat clamps taken off with steel wool will clean it up. If you want to take all the paint off then it is the same process, but messy and a major job.
T-Mon to the rescue, - again!
Glad it is in yours hands for some TLC and new life. It is a rescue for sure. Good luck. What are you going to do with the lithograph?
Trunkman, you were right of course, about the paint stripper and steel wool. Steel wool particles fly everywhere. . but leave a nice finish,
Thank you for the love also.
BELLIN68, trunkingforfun, mtg75, myoldkyhome, walksoftly, officialfuel, and blunderbuss2, Thank you for the love.